CONMOD 2014 RILEM Symposium on Concrete Modelling

The final programme of CONMOD 2014 is now available on the RILEM website. Please click on the PDF icon.
Theme:

CONMOD 2014 will be the fourth in a series of RILEM symposia after Quebec City, Canada (2006) and Delft, The Netherlands (2008) and Lausanne, Switzerland (2010). The Symposium is specifically devoted to the development and applications of numerical models to simulate and predict the microstructure, material properties (mechanical and transport properties) and long-term performance of concrete. CONMOD conferences are supposed to be a platform for researchers active in modelling of concrete at different length scales and coming from different scientific disciplines (chemistry, physics and mechanics). The goal is to be able to deal with more and more complex couplings. During this series of conferences, the background of models is discussed, for what purpose models are developed, the modelling concepts and computation techniques which are adopted, as well as the validation of models. Examples of service-life prediction are presented and compared to field data. This series of conference offer also an exchange platform for the PhD students working on the modeling of concrete materials. Accordingly, the participation of PhD student is very much encouraged.

The topics of CONMOD2014 are, but not limited to:
- Modelling of cement hydration (thermodynamics and kinetics)
- Modelling of concrete microstructure
- Modelling of transport properties
- Modelling of various degradations (in particular coupled degradations)
- Durability models (deterministic and probabilistic)
- Micro-cracks formation (influence on transport properties)
- Reactive - transport modelling
- Volume changes prediction (shrinkage and creep)
- Interface properties (ITZ, steel-concrete)
- Modelling of mechanical properties
- Modelling of early age properties (early age couplings)


Call for papers:

Authors are invited to submit one page abstract (approx. 300 words without figures and tables). The abstract should be written in English, and be submitted to the conference e mail conmod2014@tsinghua.edu.cn. The deadline for abstract submission is January 15, 2014. The web submission through http:// conmod2014.tsinghua.edu.cn will soon be available. Abstracts and final papers will be reviewed by the conference Scientific Committee. Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend and present their papers at the conference. The conference proceedings will be published by RILEM S.A.R.L.


Important dates:

Abstract submission opening: September 30, 2013
Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2014
Notification of abstract submission: January 31, 2014
Deadline for full paper submission: June 1, 2014
Notification for full paper acceptance: July 1, 2014
Deadline for early-bird registration: July 31, 2014


Correspondence and Inquiries:
- Dr. R.W. Yang : conmod2014@tsinghua.edu.cn
- Website: http://conmod2014.tsinghua.edu.cn

Practical Information:
- Conference date : 12-14, October 2014
- Location : Beijing, China